Math Vocabulary

4. A randomly selected subset of a population.
7. A standardized way of displaying the distribution of data based on a five-number summary.
12. A selection that is chosen randomly (purely by chance, with no predictability).
14. One that deviates from the true population value.
15. The researcher puts out a request for members of a population to join the sample, and people decide whether or not to be in the sample.
16. A type of probability sampling method in which sample members from a larger population are selected according to a random starting point but with a fixed, periodic intervalA
18. A type of statistical sampling that allows us to use data from a sample to make conclusions that are representative of the population from which the sample is taken
20. One that does not deviate from the true population parameter.

1. The researcher chooses a sample that is readily available in some non-random way.
2. Two box and whisker plots on the same number line.
3. The structure does not guarantee the truth of the conclusion.
5. Data that can be counted or measured in numerical values.
6. Data is interpretation-based, descriptive, and related to language.
8. A method of data collection used to gather information about people and their behaviors or opinions by asking them a list of questions.
9. A branch of applied mathematics that involves the collection, description, analysis, and inference of conclusions from quantitative data.
10. Is the mean or average of all values in the given population.
11. The act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former.
13. An outcome of a random experiment.
17. Groups of numbers of data points in a data set based on the value of each point.
19. The act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former.